Andre Meier (born 3 March 1965) is a

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former

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who played as a

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during the 1980s and 1990s.

Football career

Meier began his career with his local club

FC Baden Fussballclub Baden 1897, simply known as FC Baden, is a Swiss football club based in Baden, Canton Aargau, which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including fiv ...

, joining their first team during their 1984–85 season and at the end of the season Meier won promotion with them. Meier played the 1985–86 Nationalliga A season with Baden, appearing in 27 of the 30 games, but at the end of the season they suffered relegation. Meier signed a two-year contract with

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during the summer of 1996 and played with them for two seasons. He then had a short spell at

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in the first tier of Swiss football, before he returned to Schaffhausen for another three seasons. In 1992 he moved to

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, who were fighting against relegation from the Nationalliga A. However, they were unsuccessful in their attempt and so Meier moved on. Meier joined

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for their 1993–94 season under head-coach

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. After playing in six test games Meier played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 28 July 1993 as Basel were defeated 1–2 by Old Boys. During this season his teammates were the likes of Swiss international goalkeeper

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, defenders

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and

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, the midfielders

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and the Swiss international striker

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. Together they won the promotion/relegation group and as Nationalliga B champions thus won promotion to the top flight of Swiss football, after six seasons in the second tier. After the promotion he stayed with the club for another two seasons and during this time Meier played a total of 138 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 83 of these games were in the Nationalliga B or Nationalliga A, 12 in the

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, four in the

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and 39 were friendly games. He returned for one season to

during the summer of 1996, played one more season with

and then moved onto

SC Kriens SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland, that currently competing in the Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football. The club uses Stadion Kleinfeld as home ground, and form a local rivalry with FC Luzern. SC Kriens ...

for the 1998–1999. He played only three matches in the entire season, so retired from his professional career and moved on to play for FC Fislisbach at amateur level.

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meier, Andre 1965 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Baden players FC Schaffhausen players FC Aarau players FC Chiasso players FC Basel players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Super League players Sportspeople from Baden, Switzerland Footballers from Aargau 20th-century Swiss sportsmen